About this Job
Chambers is seeking to recruit an Accounts Assistant/Fees Clerk to join our busy accounts team. Reporting to the Accounts Manager, the role combines a range of general accounts tasks, including processing supplier invoices and payment runs and preparing monthly invoices, with fee collection and aged debt management.
About this Employer
Devereux is an award-winning set of barristers’ chambers, renowned for its core areas of practice in employment, personal injury and clinical negligence, and tax.
Chambers is supported by an experienced and solutions-focused business services team. We are known for our friendly workplace culture, professional work ethic and our commitment to employee training and development.
Person Specification
- Excellent numeracy, attention to detail, and proficient IT skills.
- Capable of operating in a professional and demanding environment; ability to act in a professional, conscientious, and efficient manner and apply discretion, tact and diplomacy at all times.
- Ability to communicate in person and in writing.
- Work effectively as part of a team.
- Have a proactive and flexible attitude, be organised and meet deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing accurate and routine reports members, escalating cases requiring intervention.
- Ensuring supplier invoices are properly authorised and posted to Sage 50, responding to queries, preparing weekly payment runs.
- Managing petty cash transactions and perform reconciliations in Sage.
- Recording credit card transactions in Sage.
- Reviewing aged debt reports, use LEX Workflow to identify fees follow-ups, request client payments and maintain detailed case notes for clerks and barristers.
- Process cheque and BACS payments, manage fee related enquiries.
- Fee note adjustments.
Professional Qualifications
- The role would suit a recent graduate, or candidates with previous experience in a similar role in the professional services sector.
- Working knowledge of fee collection software (i.e. LEX) and Sage 50. (Desired)
- Previous experience of fee collection/aged debt management within chambers or similar legal environment. (Desired)
